Hi Rita,
This might help: I checked my copy of "Early Sixteenth Century Glass Beads
in the Spanish Colonial Trade" by Marvin T. Smith and Mary Elizabeth Good
(1982, Cottonlandia Museum, Greenwood MI, 64 pages), and found that they
used a fairly limited range of Munsell pages. I know you can purchase
individual Munsell pages (we regularly re-order extra copies of the 10YR
page). Here's a quick list:
2.5PB, 5PB, 7.5PB
2.5B, 5B, 7.5B, 10B
2.5G, 5G
10BG, 2.5RP, 2.5Y, 7.5R, 10GY
I met Marvin at the 1993 Southeastern Archaeology Conference, and as he was
autographing my copy of the publication, he mentioned that their biggest
concern with the publisher was ensuring the accuracy of the color of the
four color plates (129 beads at 1:1 scale).
I'm no expert, but these few Munsell pages should cover the range of color
in most bead collections, since most trade beads were made with similar
technology within a fairly homogenous cultural tradition. (Oh No, now the
bead experts are going to crucify me) Anyway, it's a lot cheaper than
buying the whole Munsell catalog for $675. I don't have the ordering
information handy, but if you have trouble finding the pages I could check
where we get them. Maybe you could get a grant from your department to buy
them for the archaeology lab (?). It never hurts to ask...
I'd be interested to hear how your project turns out.
Jack Eastman
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> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:02:05 -0800
> From: Rita Eagle <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Munsell Book of Color
>
> Hello-
> I'm doing a master's thesis research project with trade beads assemblages
> from some Alutiiq sites we have investigated on the outer Kenai coast.
>
> I've been trying to track down a copy of the Munsell Book of Color for my
> bead descriptions, but have been unable to get one even through
> interlibrary
> loan. They are $675 new.
>
> I certainly understand the need for uniform descriptions so that
> information
> is easily compared between sites. I'm thinking also that if this is so
> hard
> for me to come up with, it's probably a problem for others as well.
>
> What do people think about using the Pantone color reference? Seems to be
> more readily available.
>
> Thanks in advance for your time, comments and suggestions.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Rita Eagle
>
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> Rita Eagle
> 1333 East 26th Avenue
> Anchorage, AK 99508
> 907.277.1113
> 907.301.5690
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> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:33:40 -0400
> From: Don Rittner <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Munsell Book of Color
>
> Forestry supplies Inc. has them for $675.
> Don
> Sent from my iPhone in the field!
> Out of the office but not out of touch!
>
> On Aug 22, 2008, at 6:02 PM, Rita Eagle <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hello-
>> I'm doing a master's thesis research project with trade beads
>> assemblages
>> from some Alutiiq sites we have investigated on the outer Kenai coast.
>>
>> I've been trying to track down a copy of the Munsell Book of Color
>> for my
>> bead descriptions, but have been unable to get one even through
>> interlibrary
>> loan. They are $675 new.
>>
>> I certainly understand the need for uniform descriptions so that
>> information
>> is easily compared between sites. I'm thinking also that if this is
>> so hard
>> for me to come up with, it's probably a problem for others as well.
>>
>> What do people think about using the Pantone color reference? Seems
>> to be
>> more readily available.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your time, comments and suggestions.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Rita Eagle
>>
>> --
>> Rita Eagle
>> 1333 East 26th Avenue
>> Anchorage, AK 99508
>> 907.277.1113
>> 907.301.5690
>
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